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A tale of two states' video competition bills: one good, one bad: If you think that at least some politicians aren't resting neatly in the pockets of telecom companies, think again. When Bob Chernow, long time chairman of the Regional Telecommunications Commission in southwestern Wisconsin, finally (it took 45 days of calling to get a meeting) met with Rep. Phil Montgomery, author...; Tags: State &, Local Govt; Blog posts 2007-06-29
Who's next for deregulation? AT&T: Now that Verizon has gotten the dereg green light from the FCC, AT&T will follow suit, Reuters reports. AT&T Chief Executive Officer Ed Whitacre said his company, the biggest U.S. telecommunications company, would seek similar relief. "I think it will be pretty...; Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., FCC, AT&T Corp.; Blog posts 2006-03-21
Death by deregulation: Death by deregulationSensibleI have two caveats, but this statement summarizes the situation well:Brick by brick, decision by decision, under the rubric of "deregulation" the FCC has created an essentially impenetrable wall to local competition for telecom services. Customers can purchase landline services from the local Baby Bell, cellular services from...; Tags: Construction, Regulations, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telecom & Utilities, wall, deregulation, caveat, FCC; Discussion threads 2005-08-23
Death by deregulation: In David Berlind's latest Alice in Wonderland trip through the American telecommunications universe -- "Are Baby Bells abusing gov't granted right-of-way?" -- he credits Bob Frankston, the co-inventor of the VisiCalc electronic spreadsheet, for inspiring this tour-de-force of imaginative fact development. Mr. Frankston's VisiCalc allowed the computer owner to invent...; Tags: natural gas, telecommunications; Blog posts 2005-08-23
New FCC chairman bullish on deregulation: New FCC chairman bullish on deregulationI'm so sick!!of this indecency CRAP! Who cares?? This FCC poilce state is bogus, and hand in hand w/ congress wanting to regulate pay cable as well!! This is all pandering to a minority group of moralistic freaks (and I use the term...; Tags: Regulations, DSL, bandwidth, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., deregulation, Dubya, FCC, freak; Discussion threads 2005-04-05

The Deregulation of Electricity: Deregulation will be more beneficial to large users of electricity than small residential users. The large user will be able to take advantage of volume and long term contracts to drive the price down. In order to purchase electricity on a competitive basis the purchaser must have an extensive understanding...; Tags: Electricity, Deregulation, Regulations, Government; White papers
Romande Energie Increases Operational Efficiency in Preparation for Swiss Electricity Market Deregulation: Romande Energie wanted to reduce the amount of time-wasting manual work caused by employees copying geographical and asset data between the company's different mapping and network design systems. The challenge was to provide better - and faster - information to customers calling with inquiries about their electricity supply. The company...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Deregulation, Network Design, GIS, Asset Management, Network Administration, Networking, Databases, Software, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Data Management; Case studies

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Cable: Natural born monopoly?: Cable: Natural born monopoly?And if cable is a natural monopoly....... then why have Congress and the FCC been so intent on deregulating it?Answer: the cable industry's lobbying and campaign-finance clout.However, I'm inclined to think cable is not a natural monopoly. Combined with the existing, if nascent, competition, cable appears to...; Tags: Network technology, DTV reception, cable, Natural Born, Natural born monopoly, DSL; Discussion threads 2008-08-11
Do 4 in 5 of us want real health care reform?: Do 4 in 5 of us want real health care reform?Universal not a good idea . . .Universal health care is not that good of an idea - the taxes can really kill an economy, and there's no guarantee the quality will be any better.We simply need a better idea.Remember...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Universal Health Care, health care, insurance; Discussion threads 2008-08-08
Fossil fuel prices and the men who hate them: Fossil fuel prices and the men who hate themAirline fares are too lowEver since deregulation, airlines have allowed themselves to be sucked into a ridiculous, never ending price war.As a result, they've been forced to fly at max capacity just to break even on any given flight. That need...; Tags: FUEL PRICES, airline fare, oil, fare, fossil fuel; Discussion threads 2008-07-30
AT: ATAre not profits used for re-investment within the company?Anymore?Or ever?RE: ATYou have to be kidding me, he is failing to take into account advancements in network, and IPV6, never mind the software side, especially advancements in compression of video. Does this guy realize that the telecommunications industry changes and advances...; Tags: Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, telecommunications, government, Internet; Discussion threads 2008-04-18
Strategic Sourcing of Transaction Processing: From the Back Office to the Boardroom: The financial services industry is undergoing a radical transformation driven by globalization, deregulation, consolidation, and deconstruction of the vertically integrated business models common to transaction-processing businesses. In these uncertain times, unconventional business models that deconstruct traditional structures such as vertically integrated manufacturing and processing businesses are likely to offer more...; Tags: Sourcing, Boston Consulting Group Inc., Transaction Processing, Business Model, Back-office, Financial Services Industry, Globalization, Strategy, Databases, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; White papers 2008-02-14
YouTube view-Ron Paul voting result gap tells me some of his fans are people-phobic: YouTube view-Ron Paul voting result gap tells me some of his fans are people-phobicComparison is offYT and the FL primary numbers are not comparable. You may well be right that many Paul supporters view YT more frequently. The wheels fall off your analysis when you pick up numbers...; Tags: result gap, YouTube view-Ron Paul, Ron Paul, YouTube Inc., Paul; Discussion threads 2008-01-30
Capital One customers experience data corruption: Capital One customers experience data corruptionThe first two items...are indicative of poor IT staff. This is one of the biggest problems in business today. I would like to hear more facts surrounding the corruption. What, when, where, how and why.RE: Capital One customers experience data corruption[B]"It allowed data to...; Tags: Backups, Regulations, Capital One Financial Corp., customers experience data corruption, experience data corruption, customers experience, data corruption; Discussion threads 2007-12-18
Save Internet freedom--from regulation: Save Internet freedom--from regulationIf only.....it were that simple.What the writer fails to acknowledge is the fact that ethics subverted by greed within some companies have done harm to people for the sake of expanding profit thereby inviting regulation on themselves by the representatives of the people whom they were abusing.Given...; Tags: Regulations, Telecom & Utilities, Rogers Cable, regulation, Save Internet freedom, telecommunications, Net Neutrality; Discussion threads 2007-12-12
U.S. court lets stand Verizon deregulation: U.S. court lets stand Verizon deregulationCourts *should* only enforce rules, not make them, so......technically, this decision seems to be on pretty firm ground. While Federal courts often opine, with varying straightness of face, on what Congress' *intent* was when a particular law was made, that does not appear to have...; Tags: Federal government, FCC, Verizon Communications Inc., U.S. Congress; Discussion threads 2007-12-09
Why regulations are important: Why regulations are importantWhy did the roaming charges exist?Or, more precisely, why didn't competition stop the dominant players from colluding?In the US, roaming charges are for the most part a thing of the past. Competition eventually squashed them, even though the number of players in the US market isn't...; Tags: Regulations, regulation; Discussion threads 2007-12-07
Is FCC destroying the open Internet?: The current net neutrality debate was caused by deliberate FCC policies which killed off three-quarters of the nation's ISPs during this decade, according to Bruce Kushnick of New Networks Institute. Kushnick says the pace of monopolization has accelerated since 2004, with 56% fewer wireline competitors, as FCC...; Tags: FCC, Internet, Net Neutrality, Temptation, Kushnick, Federal Government, Government, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-11-29
Feds seek cell positioning data without warrants: Feds seek cell positioning data without warrantsChalk it up as one morereason I refuse to own a cell phone. While I am a law abiding citizen, I see just how easy it is for something like this to get out of hand and to be abused.As for gun control... use...; Tags: warrant, phone; Discussion threads 2007-11-26
Panel urges FCC to cap rural phone subsidies: Panel urges FCC to cap rural phone subsidiesLet's end it altogether.Are we going to be paying this tax like the phone bill tax that paid for the Spanish-American War 100 years after the war ended?Terry ThomasAtlantaRE: Panel urges FCC to cap rural phone subsidiesIt should have been ended a long...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Network technology, Right Now IT, phone, rural area, rural phone subsidy, phone subsidy, cable, FCC; Discussion threads 2007-11-22